By Clarence Lee Sheng (17S06D), Chairperson and Yan Wei (17S06G), Vice-Chairperson
Does news of self-driving cars excite you? Do stories of artificial superintelligence keep you up all night? Do you wish to build the world’s first Gundam?
If so, do we have the CCA for you.
By Wang Tiancheng (17S03N), Vice-chairperson and Cerise Lim Yin Xin (17S03L), Treasurer
For millennia, alchemists sought to improve and transmute objects. The creation of gold was of particular interest; imagine the wealth one could gain from generating value out of almost nothing!
In Alchemy Club, knowing with certainty that a fixation on that particular element is unproductive, we explore all areas of chemistry with equal passion. These include drug synthesis, nuclear chemistry, food chemistry to satisfy your inner foodie, as well as recycling – we cover a wide range of topics so that there is something for everyone.
By Ada Lim (17S03B), Vice-President
World chess champion Magnus Carlsen once said, “[The moment] you’re a chess player, you spend a lot of time thinking about the game and you can’t get it completely out of your head.” And he is right. Chess is addictive, regardless of whether you choose to pursue its International or Chinese variant. To most people, chess may appear to be an archaic game, but those who dare to fall in love with the euphoria that comes with an intense battle of wits stay in love forever.
By Cheung Chun Jing (17A01A), President
If you want to volunteer, make a change, or impact the lives of the needy, you’re at the right place! RI Red Cross Youth Chapter seeks to serve the community, whilst developing our members to become better leaders and citizens. As RCYC members, all of us become part of a legion of over 9,000 volunteers under the Singapore Red Cross’ nationwide humanitarian effort.
Continue reading “CCA Previews ’17: Red Cross Youth Chapter”
By Ma Zhao Yu (17S06F) and Wittmann Goh (17S06F), Bridge Club EXCO
For those unfamiliar with bridge, it may seem to belong to a large group of card games that are purely luck-based, require no skill and are played late at night during sleepovers or at school camps. Well, this couldn’t be further from the truth. While this may be true of the version of bridge played casually, which is also known as floating bridge, contract bridge is a unique blend of communication, strategy and sometimes calculated risk-taking that is offered by no other mind sport. This is what we, RI Bridge Club, are all about.
